In spite of running for the Republican nomination in 2024, former US President Donald Trump has a busy schedule in the coming year. He is defending himself in four criminal trials and at least three civil cases, some of which are connected to his attempts to overturn his defeat in 2020.
These are significant dates in Trump’s political and legal calendar:
NOV. 27, 2023
Trump’s lawyers continue their defense in a civil fraud trial in Manhattan that threatens his business empire. New York Attorney General Letitia James is seeking to impose a penalty of at least $250 million and to ban Trump and his sons Donald Jr. and Eric from running businesses in the state. A judge has already ruled that they inflated property values to get better terms from lenders and insurers. Trump, his adult sons and his daughter Ivanka have testified. The case is expected to continue until December.
DEC. 6, 2023
A fourth debate for Republican presidential candidates is set to take place in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Trump, who holds a sizable lead over his rivals in opinion polls, has not participated in the first three debates and is not expected to participate in this debate either.
JAN. 15, 2024
The state-by-state Republican nominating contest begins with caucuses in Iowa.
JAN. 16, 2024
Start of a federal civil trial in Manhattan, in which an anonymous jury will decide how much Trump will have to pay for defaming writer E. Jean Carroll. The judge has already found Trump liable for defaming her by denying that he raped the former magazine columnist. Carroll is seeking $10 million in damages. Trump is seeking to get the case dismissed.
Carroll has already won $5 million from Trump for defamation and sexual assault in a separate civil case. Trump is appealing that verdict.
JAN. 23, 2024
The first state primary election takes place in New Hampshire.
JAN. 29, 2024
A federal civil trial starts in Manhattan, in which three people accuse Trump and his company of fraudulently promoting a multilevel marketing scheme before he was president.
FEB. 8, 2024
Nevada Republican presidential caucuses.
